Go-cart.



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GO-CART.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1901.)

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JOI-IN J. FLANNERY, OF EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GOHCART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,741, dated J une 18, 1 901.

Application filed April 4, 1901. Serial No. 54,253. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. FLANNERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gro-Carts, of

which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient, comfortable, and cheap go-cart for infants and children.

The object of this invention is, further, to provide a go-cart in which the back and footrest can be set at different angles and locked in position.

The object of the invention is, further, to provide a practical and convenient hood which can also be adjusted to different angies and looked securely inV position.

The object of the invention is, still further, to provide a go-cart which can be taken apart and collapsed, so that the same may be stored away in a small space and also that it may be easily shipped from one point to another.

The invent-ion consists in a go-cart having a seat, a back, and two sides thereto, said sides formed of slats pivotallyjoined to each other and to said back and seat, and means for locking said parts of the body together.

The invention further consists in means for adjusting said parts at diiferent angles to each other and locking them together.

The invention again consists in a foot-rest pivotally supported upon the body of the gocart and means for adjusting said foot-rest at diiferent angles to said body, and, further, in locking said foot-rest in the different positions to which it is adjusted.

The invention again consists in a hood supported upon the back ofsaid go-cart, means for adjusting said hood at different angles to said back, and means for looking said hood firmly in position at different angles.

The invention still further consists in detachably attaching the body to springs, said springs being pivotally supported upon the running-gear of the cart, the whole structure being so constructed and arranged as to be taken apart and collapsed, as fully set forth in the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved go-cart, showing the saine adjusted and locked with the back in substantiallya vertical position. Eig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, showing the back, sides, and foot rest adjusted to stand at an angle of about fortyfive degrees, and thus allow the occupant to assume a partly-reclining position. Fig. 3 isa perspective View of the body portion of the cart and hood entirely collapsed and formed into a compact bundle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the running-gear, with the handle side bars thrown forward in a substantially hori zontal position. Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of a portion of one of the rear body-I springs with one of the body-supporting pins in connection therewith shown in section. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a portion of one of the handle side bars, showing the manner of pivoting and locking the same to the running-gear and also showing one of the rear body-supporting springs attached thereto. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the means whereby the back of the body of the cart is locked to one side thereof. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a portion of one of the front slats and of one of the foot-rest slats, illustrating the manner in which said foot-rest slat is connected to said front slat. Fig. 9 is a detail section taken on line 9 9 of Fig. 8. a Fig. lO is a side elevation of a portion of the hoodframe, showing the mannerof locking said frame to the back of the cart-body. Fig. ll is a side elevation from the opposite side of the cart to that from which Fig. l0 was viewed, illustrating the manner of attaching the hoodframe to that side of the cart-body. Eig. l2 is a central longitudinal section taken on line l2 l2 of Figs. lO and l1, partly broken away to save space in the drawings. Fig. 13 is a detail sectional side elevation showing one of the front springs and the manner of attaching the body to the running-gear at the front thereof. Eig. le is a detail section taken on line 14 14 of Fig. 6.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 2O is the running-gear, consisting of wheels 2l, front and rear axles 22 23, and side bars 24. The body 25 consists of a back 2G, pivotally connected at 27 to the seat 2S. The sides 29 each consist of two horizontal slats 30 30,pivotally connected ICQ to the back 26 and to the front Slat 3l. A central slat 32, parallel to the front slat 3l and to the back 26, is pivotally connected to the seat 28 and to the horizontal slats 30 30. The front slats 3l are projected downwardly below the seat 2S and have a foot-rest 33 pivotally connected thereto. Another slat 34 is pivotally connected to the foot-rest 33 and projects upwardly and baekwardly at an angle to engage a guide-wire 35, fast to the front slat 3l.

The foot rest slat 34 is connected to the guide-wire 35 by a plate 36, screwed thereto and having an inwardly-projecting finger 37, which partly encircles the wire 35 and holds the foot-rest slat 34 in connection with said wire as the foot-rest 33 is tipped at diiferent angles upon its pivot. As the foot-rest 33 is tipped at different angles it will be seen that the foot-rest slat 34 will slide up and down on the guide-wire 35 and be held in position by the frictional contact of the finger 37 with the front edge of the front slat 3l.

The back 26 of the body 25 may be set at different angles with the seat 28 and locked in position by a catch-lever 38. Said catchlever is pivotally connected to a clip 39, fast to the upper horizontal slat 30, and is pro- ,vided with notches 40, adapted to engage a pin 4l, fast to a plate 42, said plate 42 being fastened by screws to the back 26 and being bent outwardly from said back at 43 to guide the lever 3S as it slides backward and forward between the plate 42 and the back 26.

The hood of the cart forms a very convenient and desirable feature of this invention and consists, preferably, of a metal frame 44, covered with cloth or lace of any desirable pattern, said metal frame having two arms 45 and 46 extending downwardly from the main portion of the frame and provided with means whereby said hood is supported and locked upon the back of the cart-body. The arm 45 is slotted at 47, said slot being circular at the lower part thereof and narrowed down to engage the shank of a pin 48, fast to a plate 49, which in turn is fastened to one side of the back 26 of the cart. rlhe arm 46 has a hole 50 therein, which engagesa screwthreaded lpin 5l, fast to a plate 52, which in turn is fast to the back 26. Said arm 46 is provided with a series of holes 53, concentrically arranged about a pin 54, fast to said plate 52. The arms 45 46 and the hood-frame 44 as a whole are locked in position by means of the pin 54 being set in any one of the holes 53 and screwed thereto by a thumb-nut 55. The body of the cart is supported upon the pair of springs 56 56 at the rear of said body and another pair of springs 57 57 at the front of said body.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 14 l have illustrated in detail the rear spring 56 and the manner of supporting the body of the cart thereon. Said body is supplied upon each side thereof with a plate 5S, screwed to the under and rear portion of the cart-seat and having a pin 5) integral therewith and projecting outwardly therefrom to engage the hooked end 60 of the spring 56.V Flanges 61 62 upon the plate 56 prevent any side motion of said spring upon the pin 59. The spring 56 is pivoted at 63 to a handle side bar 64 and has an extension 65 thereon, having notches 66 therein, which engage a pin 67, fast to said handle side bar 64. The front springs 57 are each provided with an eye 68 at the upper end thereof, which engages a pin 69, fast to an ear 70 upon the under side of the seat 28. The lower ends 7l of each of the springs 57 are shaped like a hook to engage a pin 72, fasi to an ear 73 upon the front axle 22.

A handle 74 is fast to a pair of handle side bars 64, each of said side bars being pivoted at 75 to the rear ends of the side bars 24. Said handle-bars are locked in position by two links 76 and 77, pivoted together at 78, the link 76 being pivoted at 79 to the side bars 24 and the link 77 being pivoted at 8O to the handle side bars 64. The link 76 is notched at 6l to engage a pin S2, fast to the link 77, and when the links 76 and 77 are in line, as shown in Fig. 6, the handle side bars 64 are locked against rotation upon their pivots 75.

The operation of the cart is as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. l, if it is desired to place the body of the cart so that the infant can partly recline the catch-lever 3S is raised until the notches 40 clear the pin 4l and the cart tipped back to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the catchlever dropped into the position shown in Fig. 7, with one of the notches 40 in engagement with the pin 4l. It will be seen that the body is now locked in its newly-adjusted position. The angle of the foot-rest may be changed by tipping said foot-rest 33 upon its pivot, and the foot-rest slats 3 4 will slide up or down, as the case may be, the upper ends thereof being guided by the spring-guide 35, engaged Y by the finger 37 upon the plate 36, fast to said footrest slats. To adjust the hood, the thumb-nut 55 is loosened by unscrewing lthe saine, the arm 46 sprung outwardly until the hole 53 is out of engagement with the pin 54, and the hood is then tipped to the angle desired, when the arm 46 is released and another one of the holes 53 engages the pin 54, whereupon the thumb-nut 55 is screwed up and the hood firmly locked in its new position.

To take the cart apart an d entirely collapse the same in order that it may be shipped or packed away in small space, the hood is first removed by removing the thumb -nut 55, springing the arms 45 and 46 outwardly until they disengage the pins 4S and 5l, respectively. The body of the cart is removed from the running-gear by lifting the rear portion of the body until the pins 59 are disengaged from the hooked ends 60 of the rear springs 56. Said body is then dropped downwardly, and the hooked ends 7l of the front springs 57 are disengaged from the pins 72 upon the front axle 22. The cart is then folded into ICO IIO

a fiat position, the pivotal sides, back, seat, and foot-rest assuming the respective positions shown in Fig. 3. The links 76 and 77 are then tipped upon their pivots 79 and 80, respectively, and the handle side bars 64 thrown forwardly as soon as the lock formed by the links 76 and 77 being in a straight line is broken and the parts are placed in the respective positions shown in Fig. 4.. The collapsed body portion and hood may now be placed upon the runnin g-gear and handle side bars, it desired, and the whole structure wheeled into a closet or beneath a bed out of the way, or, if desired, the wheels 21 may be removed and placed with the other portions of the running-gear and with the body and hood portions, making a Very small bundle, which may be conveniently shipped or packe away.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

l. In a go-carta body comprising a seat, a back, two sides, each side formed of slats pivotally joined to each other and to said back and seatJ means for adjusting said parts at different angles to. cach other, and means for locking said parts together.

2. In a go-cart a body comprising a seat, a back, two sides, each of said sides formed of slats pivotally joined to each other and to said back and seat, a pin fast to one of said parts, a catch-lever having a plurality of notches therein pivoted to another ofsaid parts and adapted to engage said pin and lock said parts together at different angles.

3. In a go-cart a body comprising a seat, a back, two sides, each of said sides formed of slats pivotally joined to each other and to said back and seat, the front slat of each of said sides extended downwardly below the seat, a foot-rest pivoted to said front slats, means for adjusting said parts at different angles to each other, and means for locking said parts together.

4. In a go-cart a body comprising a seat, a back', two sides, each of said sides formed of (CT) @D slats pivotally joined to each other and to said back and seat, the front slat of each side extended downwardly below the seat, a footrest pivoted to said front slats, a guide fast to each of said front slats, and a slat one end pivoted to said foot-rest, the other end connected to and arranged to slide upon said guide.

5. In a go-cart a body comprising a seat,a back, two sides, each of said sides formed of slats pivotally joined to each other and to said back and seat, means for adjusting said parts at different angles to each other, and means for locking said parts together, in combination with a running-gear and springs fast to said running-gear and detachably attached to said body.

6. In ago=cart, a body comprising a seat, a back, two sides, each of said sides formed of slats pivotally joined to each other and to said back and seat, the front slat of each of said sides extended downwardly below the seat, a foot-rest pivoted to said front slats, means for adjusting said parts at dierent angles to each other, and means for locking said parts together, in combination with a running-gear, a handle, handle side bars fast to said handle and pivotally connected to said running-gear, and means for locking said side bars in a fixed relationto said run# ning-gear.-

7. In a go-cart a runninggear, a handle, handle side bars fast to said handle and pivotally connected to said running-gear, means for locking said side bars in a iixed relation to said running-gear, a pair of springs pivotally connected to said handle side bars, a pair of springs pivotally connected to said running-gear, and a body detachably connected to and supported by said springs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. FLANNERY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GOODING, Louis A. JoNns. 

